Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
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In Context
8The Lord has sent a word to Jacob, and it has come on Israel;
Cross References
2 Kings 19:31For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
Psalms 45:4\45:3\Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.
Psalms 72:7In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.
Isaiah 11:3And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
Isaiah 32:1See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
Isaiah 42:3He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:2-8
Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light… Read the whole commentary →